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Making DirecTV Stream App Simpler to Use for Elderly
My wife and I just bought a Samsung TV for the bedroom of my mother-in-law who lives with us. My mother-in-law has no problem using the the "main" TV in our family room that has the DirecTV Stream box and DirecTV Stream remote. She struggles, however, using the DirecTV Stream App and remotes used by smart TV's or things like the firestick. After buying the Samsung we are similarly disappointed that it is more difficult to use than she can probably handle.
Is there a device that can be added to smart TV's to make the DirecTV stream experience more like that of the main TV with the DirecTV stream box and remote? For example, something with a remote where the guide button actually brings up the DirecTV Stream guide and the numbers actually change the channel? Is that what the Gemini Air does?
bcbsncjlj
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4 months ago
Yes. Just purchase a proprietary DirecTV Stream device for the Smart TV.
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rc_easton
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4 months ago
Thank you. To be clear, is Gemini Air an example of one of those devices?
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bcbsncjlj
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4 months ago
Yes. It uses the same remote as the box.
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Juniper
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4 months ago
The Gemini Air is the dongle version compared to the box which is a regular Gemini. Think like Roku vs Roku stick. That being said, besides being WiFi only to your internet I'm not sure of more specific differences as I haven't had the chance to really play around with it.
Smart TV apps are normally sub-standard to a dedicated streaming box. And the Samsung TV app version seems worse on top of that.
Only the DirecTV proprietary equipment works like traditional TV with numbers and such. That would be the Gemini, and as I understand the Gemini Air functions in the same manner but others will chime in who know for certain.
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